RE: ACTION-1006 - to write a proposal for autosave on pages with forms

Hi Kim,

I'd like to see some kind of time constraint when saving this degree of user information.

-Jan


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From: Kim Patch [kim@redstartsystems.com]
Sent: July-24-14 3:34 PM
To: User Agent Working Group
Subject: ACTION-1006 - to write a proposal for autosave on pages with forms

ACTION-1006 - to write a proposal for autosave on pages with forms


We talked about expanding 3.2.2 or 1.8.10 and decided we needed new SC.

Proposal:


3.2.y Autosave forms: The user can specify that form field pages be autosaved locally as they are populated, including text blocks, indicators such as radio buttons and checkmarks indicators, and point of regard; the user can specify that a non-submitted autosaved form repopulate the same form page when it is opened again.

Intent of Success Criterion 3.2.y:

Users who need to fill out a form over several sessions or who accidentally leave a page before a form is fully filled out need to have a way to pick up where they left off rather than having to start over again. Having the ability to retrieve a partially or fully filled out form field helps these users more successfully fill out forms. Users who have trouble remembering what they filled out need to be able to look it up.

Examples for Success Criterion 3.2.y:

- Bruno tires easily. He begins to fill out a long form, but cannot finish. He lies down to rest, and the form times out. When he comes back the browser offers to restore the unsaved session. He opts to restore the session, and goes on to fill out the rest of the form at the point where he left off. This ability allows Jeremy to fill out long forms even though he can’t maintain focus for the full amount of time it takes to fill out the form, and even if the form times out.


- Marjorie uses speech recognition software. Occasionally the software mishears what Marjorie says as a command she doesn’t intend. She is half way through filling out a complicated form that includes many comments when the software interprets some of the words she is saying as a command to go to a different page. When she recovers from the speech input error by returning to the page a few seconds later the browser offers to restore the unsaved session. She opts to restore the session, and goes on to fill out the rest of the form at the point where she left off rather than losing her work.


- Lara is very forgetful. She remembers that she filled out a form to comment on software she uses, but cannot remember if she included a certain comment. She retrieves the form field from her browser and checks it to remind herself.


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